Mckinley is walking!!

Mckinley had a big weekend! She officially turned 10 months on the 29th and she also took her first steps! She took a couple steps on Saturday and Sunday and then on Monday she was taking two or three steps at a time! We tried to get a couple on the camera - here is what we got! She continues to talk alot without saying any words we understand. We think she is saying puppy and the sound dadadada comes out at times. She stands for a couple seconds at a time, plays pat -a-cake and SOOOOOOOO BIG!!!!!!!!! She is such a good baby and we stay busy all weekend just playing! Besides Mckinley we had a lot of excitement with Mt. Redoubt erupting! It has erupted about 16 times and we actually saw a lot of ash this weekend! Coming home from church on Saturday night we thought it was snowing until we realized it was snowing ash flakes! We plugged all the doors and stayed inside for the rest of the day! Lots of excitement for one weekend! We are thinking of our family in Fargo and hoping they are all doing well! We love you all!

Lazy Weekend

With Denis being gone Mckinley and I had a pretty lazy weekend! I tried to do some spring cleaning and got as much done as I could with Mckinley in her hi chair! We spent alot of time in the kitchen, I made banana bread, creme brule and some more baby food for her! We played, read books, giggled, worked on our sign language and took some baths! I took some fun bath tub pictures! We hope you enjoy them! We are excited for Daddy to come home soon!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! It has been fun celebrating Mckinley's first St. Patrick's day! We celebrated a little early last night and took some pictures of Mckinley and went to a little Irish shop Celtic Treasures and had some Irish tea and biscuits with Denis. Denis left this morning for a trip and Mckinley and I had lunch at an Irish pub with some friends! We are having fun wearing our green and I even got some mint chocolate chip ice cream for tonight! We talked with Gr and Gr Radisewitz on the webcam today and that was fun! We are thinking of Great Grandma Martin today as she is in the hospital! We love you!

Our First Blog

Mckinley has been so fun lately that I thought there were too many stories to just have a facebook page. This will be a fun place to document and talk about everything Mckinley is learning and doing where are family and friends can look without everyone on facebook having to know!
We had a fun weekend but Mckinley has a little cold! I think she got it from me. After subbing last week I had a cold and now shared it with Mckinley and now she shared it with her daddy!
However, some new things she is doing are... giving kisses, showing the I love you sign, hi-5s, and lots of talking! We think she thinks her name is Bob because she is always saying bob, bob, bob! Also she says pu - pup - pup......e so we think she is trying to say puppy, also she said dadda in church yesterday but we are not sure she is actually saying it for Denis yet! We will keep you updated!
She is crawling faster everyday and she walks with the furniture, pulls herself up on everything! She is not so excited about standing though - and her legs just crumble underneath her when we try to stand her up! She likes to walk with Daddy though and does a great job walking with him - even with one hand!
She loves to play the game of empty drawers, kitchen cubbards, and her toy basket! It keeps mommy and daddy busy picking up after her!
Well - this is fun and I will do my best to keep everyone up to date on our little life here in Alaska!!